US1939484A - Deep sea submarine cable - Google Patents
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- Thisinvention relates to adeep sea submarine cable, preferably provided with paper and air insulation and 'havinga pressure protecting covering consisting in a known manner, for instance, of one or more layers of profile wires which are stranded together.
- a deep sea submarine cable preferably provided with paper and air insulation and 'havinga pressure protecting covering consisting in a known manner, for instance, of one or more layers of profile wires which are stranded together.
- a pressure protecting covering consisting in a known manner, for instance, of one or more layers of profile wires which are stranded together.
- the protecting covering impermeable to Water consists, not of gutta-percha and rubber, but of heavy metal salts of high molecular fattyV acids (soaps) which are organic water-resistant substances which fuse or melt without decomposition. It has been found that such meltable or fusible organic substances can be used just as well as rubber or gutta-percha for the production of a layer impermeable to water in pressure-protecting cables, being at the same time substantially cheaper v than gutta-percha or rubber. In connection therewith, it is also to be pointed out that rubber has to be made water-resistant by a complicated and expensive puriiication process, Substances which have been found suitable are lead linoleate or copper stearate. f As the substances referred to melt or fuse without decomposition, it is possible to apply them on the pressure-protecting tube in a liquid state, so that special pressure devices and pressing tools such as are required in the manufacture of a lead sheathing need not be used.
- the application of the substances referred to is preferably effected in conjunction with one or more layers of fabric. For instance, ⁇ a layer of the fusible substance is rst of all applied to the pressure-protecting tube, then a fabric tape is provided or wound thereon, whereupon a further layer of the protecting material is provided on the said fabric, this being repeateduntil the layer impermeable to water has reached the desired thickness.
- the accompanying drawing illustrates a cable according to the present invention.
- the cable core 1 consists of four quads with paperand airinsulation and is surrounded by the pressure-pron tecting tube 2 on which there is placed a covering-3 of water-resistant organic substances capable of melting without decomposition as above referred to. 4 is the armouring around the said covering 3 and 5 a layer of jute.
- a deep sea submarine cable V having a cable core capable of being affected by pressure and water, a pressure protecting tube formed of stranded profile wires surrounding the said cable core and a water-resistant covering impermeable to water onv the said pressure protecting tube, which covering consists of a heavy metal salt of a high molecular fatty acid and of fabric layers inserted therein, the said covering serving as the sole water-tight seal for the cable core.
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E. BADUM DEEP SEA SUBMARINE CABLE Def l2, 1933.
Aug. 29'
NveN-TOR Patented Dec. 12, 1933 DEEP SEA sUBMAmNE CABLE Ernst Badum, Ehrenfeld, near Bensberg, Germany, assignor to Felten & Guilleaume Carlswerk Actiengesellschaft,
Germany Cologne-Mulheim,
Application August 29, 1932, Serial No. 630,959, and in Germany October 6, 1931 3 Claims.
Thisinvention relates to adeep sea submarine cable, preferably provided with paper and air insulation and 'havinga pressure protecting covering consisting in a known manner, for instance, of one or more layers of profile wires which are stranded together. In order to protect such'a cable against the penetration of water, it has been proposed, inter alia, to provide on the pres?` sure protecting covering a comparatively thin layer of water-resistant and impermeable material, instead of the lead sheathing, more particularly gutta-percha and rubber. y
According to the present invention the protecting covering impermeable to Water, consists, not of gutta-percha and rubber, but of heavy metal salts of high molecular fattyV acids (soaps) which are organic water-resistant substances which fuse or melt without decomposition. It has been found that such meltable or fusible organic substances can be used just as well as rubber or gutta-percha for the production of a layer impermeable to water in pressure-protecting cables, being at the same time substantially cheaper v than gutta-percha or rubber. In connection therewith, it is also to be pointed out that rubber has to be made water-resistant by a complicated and expensive puriiication process, Substances which have been found suitable are lead linoleate or copper stearate. f As the substances referred to melt or fuse without decomposition, it is possible to apply them on the pressure-protecting tube in a liquid state, so that special pressure devices and pressing tools such as are required in the manufacture of a lead sheathing need not be used.
The application of the substances referred to is preferably effected in conjunction with one or more layers of fabric. For instance,` a layer of the fusible substance is rst of all applied to the pressure-protecting tube, then a fabric tape is provided or wound thereon, whereupon a further layer of the protecting material is provided on the said fabric, this being repeateduntil the layer impermeable to water has reached the desired thickness.
The accompanying drawing illustrates a cable according to the present invention. The cable core 1 consists of four quads with paperand airinsulation and is surrounded by the pressure-pron tecting tube 2 on which there is placeda covering-3 of water-resistant organic substances capable of melting without decomposition as above referred to. 4 is the armouring around the said covering 3 and 5 a layer of jute.
What I claim isz- 1. A deep sea submarine cable Vhaving a cable core capable of being affected by pressure and water, a pressure protecting tube formed of stranded profile wires surrounding the said cable core and a water-resistant covering impermeable to water onv the said pressure protecting tube, which covering consists of a heavy metal salt of a high molecular fatty acid and of fabric layers inserted therein, the said covering serving as the sole water-tight seal for the cable core.
2. A deep sea submarine cable as claimed in claim 1, in which theheavy metal salt of high molecular fatty acids consists of lead linoleate.
3. A deep seat submarine cable as claimed in claim 1, in which the heavy metal salt of high molecular fatty acids consists of copper stearate.
' ERNST BADUM.
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